European Cultural Centre - PERSONAL STRUCTURES Identities (2019)

PERSONAL STRUCTURES Identities

PERSONAL STRUCTURES Identities

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INTRODUCTION

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ACTIONISM & MORE Sarah Gold 10 Hermann Nitsch 18 Arnulf Rainer 24 VALIE EXPORT 32 PERSONAL STRUCTURES Ika Abravanel 38 Soraya Abu Naba’a 40 Detlef E. Aderhold 42 Masoud Akhavanjam 44 Mark Amerika 48 Anoma 50 Nobuyoshi Araki 54 Leca Araujo 60 Murielle Argoud 62 Atelier Morales 64 Au! 66 Laila Azra 70 Josephine Baan 72 Petra Barth 74 Mario Basner 76 Bel Air Fine Art Carole Feuerman 78 Laurence Jenkell 82 Idan Zareski 84 Katerina Belkina 86 Richard Bell 88 Patrick Bermingham 92 R. Berte & M. Pröpper 94

BIRDSEYE 96 Marcus Bleasdale 98 William Bloomfield 100 China Blue 102 Manfred Bockelmann 104 Eyenga Bokamba 108 François Bonjour 110 Annette Bonnier 112 Peter Bracke 114 Aliette Bretel 116 Christopher Capriotti 118 Adriana Carambia 120 Esteve Casanoves 122 Teo Chai Guan 124 Solan Chiu 126 VIO CHOE 128 Sung-Kyun, Goo & Vania Oh 130 In Hyuk Choi 132 Insook Choi 134 Young Min Choi 138 Bob Clyatt 140 Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen 142 Lori Cuisinier 144 Curator’s Voice Art Projects 146 Deakin University 150 P. Dernham, C.Tilton & S. Vora 154 Giò di Busca 156 John Doing 158 Hanna ten Doornkaat 160 Barbara Downs 162 Nina Dotti 164 Alberto Echegaray Guevara 166

Arika von Edler 168 European Cultural Academy 170 EVA 174 EVA & ADELE 176 FEROMONTANA 178 Jared FitzGerald 182 Puma Freytag 184 Andrea Fried 186 Hideharu Fukasaku 188 András Gál 190 Justin Garcia 192 Erin Genia 194 Beatriz Gerenstein 196 Cheryl Goldsleger 198 Christopher Griffith 200 Marinka Grondel 202 Elena Gual Baquera 204 Aamir Habib & Noor Ali Chagani 208 Joan M Hall 210 Karin Hannak 212 Carl Martin Hansen 214 Tilney Hardiment 216 Jürgen Haupt 218 Kathryn Hart 220 Elizabeth Heyert 222 HIHEY.COM 224 Camomile Hixon 226 Ania Hobson 228 J.Hunt, J.Nankin & F. Piquet 230 IMAN 234 Institute ERGO SUM 236 Hélène Jacubowitz 238 3

Jon Jaylo 240 Ervin A. Johnson 242 Igor Josifov 244 Georges Kachaamy 246 Shunsuke Kano 248 Lina Karam 250 Nadim Karam 252 Azad Karim 256 Jessica M. Kaufman 258 Anton Kerscher 260 Virginia King 262 Helen Kirwan 266 Nadia Kisseleva 270 Christine Kowal Post 272 Ute Krautkremer 274 Jan Kuenzler 276 Anne Kuhn 278 Eric J. Lee 280 Legate Lithography Editions 282 Marietta Patricia Leis 288 SÉRGIO LEITÃO 290 Ping-Cheng, LIANG 292 C. Lien, J. Hsieh, Y. Kuo 296 Sherman LIN 300 Davor Ljubičić 302 Georg Loewit 304 Olga Lomaka 308 Norma E. Lopez 312 Loughborough University 314 Lu Xinjian 316 Clifton Mahangoe 318 Frank Mann 320 4

Stephan Marienfeld 322 Walter Markham 324 Marcello Martinez-Vega 328 Walter McConnell 332 Joseph McDonnell 334 Chris McMullen 336 James Michalopoulos 338 Manuela Mollwitz 340 Lorenzo Maria Monti 342 Müller & Sohn Art Projects 344 Kumari Nahappan 346 Raffy Napay 348 National Pavilion of Kiribati 350 National Pavilion of Mozambique 354 National Pavilion of the Republic of Seychelles 358 Jackie Neale 362 New York Art Wave Project 364 NONOS 368 Reka Nyari 374 Jan Oberg 376 Natalia Ohar 378 Karl Ohiri & Riikka Kassinen 380 Hans Christian Ohl 382 Kouji Ohno & Kaoru Yamamoto 384 Roman Opalka 386 Gregory Orekhov 390 David Pace 394 Tomasz Padło 396 Helga Palasser 398 PAPER Pavilion 400 Daniel Pesta 404

Fernando Picornell Cantero 408 Olga Marie Polunin 410 POW Ideas 412 Martin Praska 414 PSJM 416 Jim Rattenbury 418 Martina Reinhart 422 Rene Rietmeyer 424 Andreas Rimpel 430 Iggy Rodriguez 432 Herb Rosenberg 434 Brigitte J. Schaider 436 Claudia Schildknecht 438 Eva Schjølberg 440 Sarah Schrimpf 442 Joakim Sederholm 444 Orestis Seferoglou 446 Martine Seibert-Raken 448 Bianca Severijns 450 Tineke Smith 452 Il SON & Jeongyun CHOI 458 Antonio Sorrentino 460 Wanda Stang 462 Wendy Steiner 464 studio palazzo inzaghi 466 Isaac Sullivan 468 Merab Surviladze 470 Betty Susiarjo 472 Alexey Terenin 476 Barbro Raen Thomassen 480 Gotlind Timmermanns 482 George Tobolowsky 484

Lincoln Townley 486 Sharon Tsai & Xuan Jing 492 Sho Tsunoda 494 Katja Tukiainen 496 Judith Unger 498 Urban Studies Lab & F. Puggioni 502 Federico Uribe 504 Héctor Valdés 512 Guy Van den Bulcke 516 Marc Vinciguerra 520 Tristan Vyskoc 522 Wendy Wahl 524 Maxim Wakultschik 526 Lawrence Weiner 528 Val Wens 532 Ariela Wertheimer 534 Wild Flag Studios 540 Maritta Winter 542 Maria Wolfram 544 Rada Yakova 548 Purvis Young 550 André Chi Sing Yuen 556 Meng Zhou 558 Salma Zulfiqar 560

Arnaud Nazare-Aga 574 Yoko Ono 576 Błażej Ostoja Lniski 578 Paris College of Art 580 Maria Pavlovska 582 Patricia Reinhart 584 Simhyang 585 Samuel Stubblefield 586 EXHIBITION ORGANISERS

IMAGE CAPTIONS

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SPONSORS

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IN ADDITION Carnegie Mellon University 564 Jacopo Di Cera 565 Mark Dziewulski 566 Gunnar H. Gundersen 568 Manfred Kielnhofer 570 Zinaida Kubar 572 5

Introduction

Introduction

by the European Cultural Centre team

We, cultural entrepreneurs, philanthropists, mostly young people, who make things happen, who care, and even some paper-people, we as a collective group, we believe that there is a need for a dynamic organization, creating centres dedicated to the culture of Europe.

Centres, in different places of the world, devoted to cultural exchanges, meetings, exhibitions, creative projects, with Europeans and all others. To strengthen our cultural commons, to cherish our uniqueness and to learn about the beauty within our differences.

The ECC-Italy is part of the larger European Cultural Centre network. In addition, we continue to establish worldwide partnerships with other educational and cultural institutions, Museums, Foundations as well as with private initiatives.

At the start of our project, in 2002, our goal was to establish an open platform for artists, architects, creative people; individuals of all ages and nationalities as a way to investigate the most vital contemporary issues in our society in order to build a shared future.

Years have passed since the opening event of the European Cultural Centre and ever since then, the world has witnessed a large number of people crossing borders - seeking better living conditions and in most cases escaping drastic poverty and even war. Consequently, Europe and many countries of the world have been facing deep social and cultural challenges. People from very different cultures interacting with others, having an interesting influence upon each person’s Identity.

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Recognising this tendency of the world, to divide rather than unite, our awareness and experiences within and beyond this project force us to have a closer look at our own Identity. The creation of political and other borders is a psychological and cultural phenomenon. For all of us borders seem to have a powerful symbolic significance; Linking people’s identities and their sense of belonging, to an imaginary group according to the borders we believe in. It is mainly through our surroundings, our self-created culture, our believes, that individuals define their own Identity. We use the awareness about and the believe in our Identity to give meaning to our life and to define our existence. By reflecting upon one’s own Identity, people distinguish between the ‘self’ and the ‘other’ which expands to our sense of ‘us’ and ‘them’. It is to wish for that we stay aware that the beauty is in the differences.

Today where words such as “culture” and “identity” play a vital role in shaping our awareness, the mission of the European Cultural Centre has become even more critical. By bringing together European cultures and creating a dialogue with many other different cultures of the world, we hope to stimulate a more conscious thinking unto the wider public about the fundamental concepts of Time, Space and Existence. The interaction amongst the different presentations within our exhibition allows for a more critical perspective on our lives, and the lives, the Identities, of others - inviting you to cherish our cultural commons and to embrace our differences.

The ECC-Italy presents their Biennial Art Exhibition “PERSONAL STRUCTURES - Identities”, in two of its prestigious Palazzo’s in the centre of Venice - Palazzo Bembo and Palazzo Mora and the Giardini Marinaressa.

“PERSONAL STRUCTURES - Identities”, is the fifth biennial art exhibition hosted by the European Cultural Centre in Venice. For hundreds of years, Venice has been a place of cultural exchange and an important exporter of European culture. Venice, however, was chosen as the seat of the first European Cultural Centre not only for its historical importance, but also for a number of specific features that make it the ideal venue for the realization of the objectives of the ECC. Venice is a city with an extraordinary concentration of facilities and organizations dedicated to culture. It is the ideal place to come to understand who we are and how we are seen, a place for reflection, research and dialogue.

“PERSONAL STRUCTURES - Identities” is an open forum for discussion to take place around the different expressions of contemporary art that break away from any ideological, political and geographical barriers. This exhibition shows an extensive combination of internationally established artists and artists whose works are less well-known. A cross-section of what can be seen as contemporary art today. The selected artists come from many different parts of the world, different cultures resulting in very different artworks. Visually, the artworks may appear very different, but all artists present their own subjective, personal expression of their reflection on the concepts Time, Space and Existence, they present their Identity.

exhibition features a broad variety of artistic media; video, sculptures, paintings, drawings, photos and installations. Since the more than 200 participating artists originate from very diverse cultures representing over 50 countries and are also of very different age, the topics Time - Space - Existence are highlighted from unusual, very personal points of view.

The ECC-Italy’s exhibition “PERSONAL STRUCTURES - Identities” shows the commonness and differences between Europeans in dialogue with works of non-Europeans. In addition, the exhibition stimulates a more conscious relationship from the spectator towards his daily surrounding aiming to increase the awareness of their own personal Existence, their own Identity, as human beings influenced by a specific culture within Time and Space.

“PERSONAL STRUCTURES - Identities” is a collective statement by all of us, including artists from more than 50 countries. It is in fact only through the synergy amongst people from Nigeria, Albania, Philippines, Russia, Italy, Brazil, Lebanon, Austria, China, France, USA, Mexico and the Netherlands in our team that this project was made possible. “Identities” is our statement of hope for a world where future generations have the chance to live their lives as free global citizens with the understanding that differences in our Identities are an important quality.

The exhibition mainly presents recent artworks by living artists, either site-specific, specially made for this exhibition, or taken from the existing collection of the artist. Some rooms in the palazzos are dedicated to the presentation of a single artist, while other rooms will present a combination of projects and works. Strong statements give each of the rooms a very specific character. The 9

Maxim Wakultschik

Progress lies at the core of everything I do. My approach to art is characterized by a passion for experimenting and the will to find new modes of expression. I am constantly looking for novel technical opportunities and innovative approaches to evolve my style. My body of work serves as documentation of the evolution of my creative work. Every new series is rooted in the insights of a previous one and reflects an advancement both in technique and effect.

Up until now, portraiture was my main area of interest. In my mixed media artworks, I combine classical modi of portrait painting with unusual material to explore the many facets of the human countenance.

However, I do not strive to depict individuals, but rather to convey an aura that serves my purpose. My focus always lies on techniques that allow me to overcome the traditional limits of painting.

My artworks always arise from mathematically precise and multilayered constructions that create formal order from a chaos of independent elements. Singular objects mimic collective forms without hiding the artifice of the technical process. Working at the threedimensional threshold of painting and sculpture, I am concerned with an ever-shifting focus between material and image that constantly challenges the viewers to visual alertness. In the complex surfaces, I explore the perpetually oscillating interplay between light and shadow, surface structure and color vibration in an attempt to convey the ambivalence between material and motif.

Carefully balancing color, space and subject, I aim for my artworks to constantly levitate between reality and enigmatic abstraction.

This allows me to enter into a dialogue with my viewers, influencing what they see and how they see it. I invite the viewers to explore the material closely, while at the same time emphasizing that the 526

complete image may only be grasped from a distance. My central concern is the effect that alterations in the viewers’ perspectives will have on my artworks.

Modifications in movement and light make for ever new encounters with my art. These changes turn my artworks into dynamic and dazzling kinetic objects that challenge the human eye to take in all the facets of color vibration and reflection. The viewers are expected to immerse into my artworks and assemble the singular elements to a complete image. It is in this interactive approach – and only there – that my artworks reveal their full hypnotic and eye-bending capabilities.

Through crystalline, shining and radiating artworks that express my passion for both structure and irregularities, I point out the boundaries and the indefinite possibilities of the viewers’ visual and perceptual potential. As an artist, I made it my mission to push both the limits of material and of the viewers’ perception in order to break down the barriers between reality and illusion, opening a door to stunning variations of reality in an enchanted universe perpetually altered by motion, light and perspective.